Identifying items for restocking of a dispensing device systems and methods
First Claim
1. A system for determining selected items from a medication order to be reordered, the system comprising:
- a dispensing device of a plurality of dispensing devices at a healthcare facility, the dispensing device including;
one or more patient-specific bins assigned for exclusive use to a patient of a plurality of patients; and
one or more item-specific bins each allocated for an item available to be used by the plurality of patients; and
a central server computer system, communicatively coupled to the dispensing device, and configured to;
receive an active medication order for the patient;
receive a future medication order for the patient;
compare the active medication order to a listing of medications stored in the one or more item-specific bins at the dispensing device to determine a subset of items of the active medication order to be stored in the one or more patient-specific bins at the device;
automatically identify, for at least one of the items of the subset, a reorder level triggering reorder of respective items;
determine, for each of the at least one of the items, whether the one or more patient-specific bins for the patient at the device are at or below the identified reorder levels; and
determine, based on the active medication order and the future medication order, a target level for one or more items determined to be at or below the identified reorder levels, the target level identifying a quantity of the one or more items to store in the one or more patient-specific bins.
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Abstract
Systems, methods, and devices are described related to the assignment and management of patient-specific bins. A dispensing device at a healthcare facility includes a number of bins for storage of medical supplies, with some of the bins designated as patient-specific bins allocated to be assigned to patients for storage of their medications or certain other supplies. A central server computer system, in communication with a computer of the dispensing device, may monitor and assign current and future patient-specific use of the bins for the dispensing device. The assignment and management of patient-specific bins may be performed by devices distributed through the system.
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21 Claims
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1. A system for determining selected items from a medication order to be reordered, the system comprising:
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a dispensing device of a plurality of dispensing devices at a healthcare facility, the dispensing device including; one or more patient-specific bins assigned for exclusive use to a patient of a plurality of patients; and one or more item-specific bins each allocated for an item available to be used by the plurality of patients; and a central server computer system, communicatively coupled to the dispensing device, and configured to; receive an active medication order for the patient; receive a future medication order for the patient; compare the active medication order to a listing of medications stored in the one or more item-specific bins at the dispensing device to determine a subset of items of the active medication order to be stored in the one or more patient-specific bins at the device; automatically identify, for at least one of the items of the subset, a reorder level triggering reorder of respective items; determine, for each of the at least one of the items, whether the one or more patient-specific bins for the patient at the device are at or below the identified reorder levels; and determine, based on the active medication order and the future medication order, a target level for one or more items determined to be at or below the identified reorder levels, the target level identifying a quantity of the one or more items to store in the one or more patient-specific bins. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of determining selected items from a medication order to be reordered, the method comprising:
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receiving an active medication order for a patient associated with a dispensing device; receiving a future medication order for the patient; comparing the active medication order to a listing of medications stored in item-specific bins at the dispensing device to determine a subset of items of the active medication order to be stored in patient-specific bins at the device; automatically identifying, for at least one of the items of the subset, a reorder level triggering reorder of respective items; receiving data from the dispensing device identifying a current level of supply for the subset of items of the medication order; and determining, for each of the at least one of the items, whether the patient-specific bins for the patient at the device are at or below the identified reorder levels, wherein the received data is used in determining whether the patient-specific bins are at or below the identified reorder levels; and determining, based on the active medication order and the future medication order, a target level for one or more items determined to be at or below the identified reorder levels at the dispensing device, the target level identifying a quantity of the one or more items to store in the patient-specific bins. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A device for determining a reorder amount, the device comprising:
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a receiving unit configured to receive an active medication order for a patient associated with a dispensing device and to receive a future medication order for the patient; a processing unit, communicatively coupled with the receiving unit, and configured to; compare the active medication order to a listing of medications stored in item-specific bins at the dispensing device to determine a subset of items of the active medication order to be stored in patient-specific bins at the device; automatically identify, for at least one of the items of the subset, a reorder level triggering reorder of respective items; receive data identifying a current level of supply for the subset of items of the medication order; determine, for each of the at least one of the items, whether the patient-specific bins for the patient at the device are at or below the identified reorder levels; determine, based on the active medication order and the future medication order, a target level for each of one or more items determined to be at or below the identified reorder levels at the dispensing device, the target level identifying a quantity of the one or more items to store in the patient-specific bins; identify, based on the current level of supply and the target levels, a reorder amount for each of the one or more items determined to be at or below the identified reorder levels; and a transmitting unit, communicatively coupled with the processing unit, and configured to transmit data specifying the reorder amount.
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